Pages

Thursday, October 27, 2011

I just wanted to let you ll know that my friend, Eileen Hull, will continue her Fresh Vintage Blog Hop today.Today the fabulous designers will be working with the Flowers, 3D #2 die to create their projects.

To view the hop, you can click on the Fresh Vintage blinkie
on the sidebar. This will take you around to all of the designers on the hop OR
you can click on the linky party on Eileen's blog at www.eileenhull.blogspot.com for a look at all the projects. To see
projects that have already been posted, visit the page above titled "Sizzix Blog
Hops". For a chance to win this die, answer the question about today's hop on
the Oh My Craftsblogtoday.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

I wanted to let you know about a great giveaway that's going on at a designer friend of mine, Brenda Pinnick's blog. If you want a chance to win som cool prizes, head on over to her website at www.brendapinnick.typepad.com The contest is running for 7 days and this is already day 2 so, don't be left out!!!!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Woo
Hoo! It’s another round of fabulous ideas with Eileen Hull’s Fresh Vintage
Collection. Today we are showcasing the Suitcase die #657124 which you can find
at http://www.sizzix.com/product/657124/sizzix-scoreboards-xl-die-bag-suitcase.
I have to say that out of all of Eileen’s dies, the Suitcase die is my absolute
favorite. There is so many ideas that you can create with this die. When I
first began working with this die, I decided I wanted to create a box that you
could use as a note card holder for your desk. After I finished my project, I
thought, “Wow! This would make a great desk set”. With that thought I went on
to design the note holder and journal. And as I said before, with the holidays coming up so fast,
it would make a great gift for someone you love! Each project takes about an hour to an hour and a half to complete.

Don’t
forget to click on the Sizzix blinkie that is on the right hand side of my
blog. And if this is your first time at the hop and you haven’t seen the
projects with Eileen’s other dies, be sure to stop by her website at www.eileenhull.blogspot.com. There you will find
all of the project that the other designers have created for the last four
weeks. After you have clicked through all the projects, head over to the Oh My Crafts blog where you can answer a question
regarding the projects on the hop and be entered to win the Flower, Layers #9 die!

Monday, October 3, 2011

It’s the first Monday of
the month and if you have been following my blog, you’ll know that means
another round of fabulous fun with the DesignerCraftConnection Blog Hop. This month our generous sponsor is Westcott Brand® Cutting
Tools. . VELCRO® Brand Fasteners and The Duck Brand® will also be supporting this blog hop by providing
materials.

For this challenge we
had 33 professional designers that participated. Each of us received boxes of
product from these wonderful companies and we were asked to come up with some
great designs using the products found in our boxes. Now, let me start off by
saying that I have worked with Westcott
Brand® products for some time. I have the
Westcott Brand® Titanium Bonded 12” Rotary Trimmer and their Titanium Bonded Non Stick Scissors, which
I must say I think is the best paper cutter and scissors on the planet! Nothing
sticks to those scissors!! So, I knew already that working with ANY Westcott Brand® product was going to be
great, but my first thought with the other boxes was what the heck was I going
to create with some duct tape and VELCRO fasteners. Well, was I super surprised
when I opened the box and found all the great colors. I started to play with my
new tools and my brain just exploded with all the things I can do with these
products. Duct tape is not just for fixing up those leaky pipes anymore!

And now without further
delay, here is the project design I came up with using VELCRO® Fasteners, Duct
tape and of course I couldn’t create this project without the fabulous cutting
tools by Westcott Brand®. I titled the project “Hearts & Crowns Stationery
Set”. The wonderful stamps I used were sent to me by Stephanie Barnard from her “The
Stamps of Life” line. Thank you so much Stephanie! These stamps are great
and trust me you’re going to want a set of your very own. Check out all of
Stephanie’s stamps at www.thestampsoflife.com. She has
great stamps on her website and I want to purchase them all!!!

I hope you enjoy my design and make some of
your very own to share with friends and family. They make wonderful gifts and
best of all they’re easy to create. Who knew all the great things you could
create with some duct tape? Not me, that’s for sure!

Cut Zebra print duct
tape into strips and adhere to all sides of the box top. Cut a 10” strip of the Zebra print duct tape.
Fold in half. Cut two slits in the box top and slide the duct tape into the
slits creating a handle.

Layer the glitter paper
to the box front. On white card stock, stamp large crown in black ink. Next,
stamp small heart, small crown and squiggly line randomly around large crown
with Bubblegum, Sky and Grape inkpads.

Stamp and color the
white card stock as you did with the front of the box, alternating the colors
on the small heart, crown & squiggly lines. Ink edges with Guava inkpad. Adhere layers to
blue card and add gem to the crown center. NOTE-
For the envelope, I made my own with an envelope template but you can buy small
envelopes in any office supply store.

For the pen- Cover pen
with Terrifically Tacky Tape, excluding the pen cover. Place blue micro beads
on a paper plate and roll the pen in the beads until it is fully covered with
beads. Add another stripe of tape to the bottom of the pen and cover with pink
micro beads. Wrap fibers around the top of the pen. Cut of strip of the VELCRO®
Hook and Loop Fasteners 3 ½” long. Make
a loop and staple to the side of the box. Slide pen into the VELCRO® loop.

FaveCrafts

Follow Me!

About Me

My name is Lisa Rojas. I have been a rubber stamp artist and instructor since 1995. I began designing for publication in 2000 with my work appearing in various craft and home decorating magazines including Scrap & Stamp Arts, The Rubber Stamper, Stamp It!, Paperworks, Craft Home & Style, CardMaker, and Aleene's Craft Club. I also have my designs published in several multi-designer books. I love to design projects with rubber stamps and sharing thoughts and ideas with fellow designers!

Copyright Information

******************************************************* The Federal Trade Commission requires me as a blogger to include a disclosure about whether or not I make money or am otherwise compensated from blog posts about product.